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OAK BROOK TERRACE, Ill. (AP) -- For the first time in public, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy promised his department will never conduct blanket surveillance of Muslims like the New York Police Department did in Newark, N.J., when he was chief there....

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. (AP) -- Officials in Indiana have lowered the state's death toll from Friday's tornado outbreak to 12 people from the previous 14 and are now concentrating on cleanup work....

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. (AP) -- Officials in Indiana have lowered the state's death toll from Friday's tornado outbreak to 12 people from the previous 14 and are now concentrating on cleanup work....

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. (AP) -- Officials in Indiana have lowered the state's death toll from Friday's tornado outbreak to 12 people from the previous 14 and are now concentrating on cleanup work....

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A custody battle in Florida between two lesbians could fuel the growing national debate over the definition of motherhood....

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A custody battle in Florida between two lesbians could fuel the growing national debate over the definition of motherhood....

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A custody battle in Florida between two lesbians could fuel the growing national debate over the definition of motherhood....

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A custody battle in Florida between two lesbians could fuel the growing national debate over the definition of motherhood....

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A custody battle in Florida between two lesbians could fuel the growing national debate over the definition of motherhood....

EAST BERNSTADT, Ky. (AP) -- The stories from tornado survivors across the South and Midwest were remarkable: schoolchildren took cover under desks, people hunkered down in a church basement or hid out in a bank vault. One family even piled on top of one another for protection....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new study shows that federal judges are handing out widely disparate sentences for similar crimes 30 years after Congress tried to create fairer results, but the differences don't line up with the party of the president who appointed the judges, despite any impressions that Republicans or Democrats may be tougher or softer on crime....

EAST BERNSTADT, Ky. (AP) -- The stories from tornado survivors across the South and Midwest were remarkable: schoolchildren took cover under desks, people hunkered down in a church basement or hid out in a bank vault. One family even piled on top of one another for protection....

NEW YORK (AP) -- BP's multibillion-dollar settlement with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potential financial damages it faces. It also may help the company restore its all-important relationship with the federal government....

NEW YORK (AP) -- BP's multibillion-dollar settlement with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potential financial damages it faces. It also may help the company restore its all-important relationship with the federal government....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a "slut" and "prostitute" after fellow Republicans as well as Democrats criticized him and several advertisers left his program....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apologized Saturday to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a "slut" and "prostitute" after fellow Republicans as well as Democrats criticized him and several advertisers left his program....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A 3-year-old girl from America's northernmost community died and her younger sister suffered hypothermia after their mother and the mother's boyfriend left them in a locked bedroom with a window open to a temperature of minus 30 degrees to air out the room because the girls wet their beds, authorities said....

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Hundreds of concert-goers waiting outside an Arizona nightclub for a hip-hop show fled in panic as shooting erupted involving three gunmen, leaving at least 14 people wounded. Police arrested one suspect and were hunting two others....

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Hundreds of concert-goers waiting outside an Arizona nightclub for a hip-hop show fled in panic as shooting erupted involving three gunmen, leaving at least 14 people wounded. Police arrested one suspect and were hunting two others....

DAISY HILL, Ind. (AP) -- This is a town that's almost impossible to find, even if you're trying. But a massive tornado did....